shì 
		matter
thing
item
work
affair
CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì jiàn 
		event
happening
incident
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì qíng 
		affair
matter
thing
business
CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng]
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			shì shí shàng 
		in fact
in reality
actually
as a matter of fact
de facto
ipso facto
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dà shì 
		major event
major political event (war or change of regime)
major social event (wedding or funeral)
(do sth) in a big way
CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zěn me huí shì 
		what's the matter?
what's going on?
how could that be?
how did that come about?
what's it all about?
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì r 
		one's employment
business
matter that needs to be settled
erhua variant of 事[shi4]
CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dǒng shì zhǎng 
		chairman of the board
chairman
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì yè 
		undertaking
project
activity
(charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
career
occupation
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cóng shì 
		to go for
to engage in
to undertake
to deal with
to handle
to do
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì gù 
		accident
CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3],次[ci4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì wù 
		(political, economic etc) affairs
work
transaction (as in a computer database)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì lì 
		example
exemplar
typical case
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì qián 
		in advance
before the event
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jūn shì 
		military affairs
military matters
military
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì yóu 
		main content
matter
work
origin of an incident
cause
purpose
subject (of business letter)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wù shì 
		affair
matter
thing
business
articles
goods
materials
thing
stuff
person (derog.)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xíng shì 
		to execute
to handle
behavior
action
conduct
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bàn shì 
		to handle (affairs)
to work
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gōng shì 
		defensive structure
military fortifications
(Tw) construction works
civil engineering works
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shí shì qiú shì 
		to seek truth from facts (idiom)
to be practical and realistic
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì bàn gōng bèi 
		half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
a stitch in time saves nine
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rén shì 
		personnel
human resources
human affairs
ways of the world
(euphemism) sexuality
the facts of life
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gàn shi 
		administrator
executive secretary
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì tài 
		situation
existing state of affairs
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tóng shì 
		colleague
co-worker
CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì jì 
		deed
past achievement
important event of the past
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì xiān 
		in advance
before the event
beforehand
prior
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhǎo shì 
		to look for employment
to pick a quarrel
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiā shì 
		family matters
domestic affairs
housework
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì yǔ yuàn wéi 
		things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)